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Entries in Border War (2)

Wednesday
Apr042012

For Washington Week, a book review: Scoreboard, Baby

The phrase “Scoreboard, Baby” means a lot to Duck fans. To authors Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry, it has broader meaning — enough that they made it the name of their brutal assessment of Rick Neuheisel and Washington’s fin-de-siècle football squad. “Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity”, released in October of this year, is the sad and harrowing tale of how a University, a program, and a city traded their souls for victories, and the safety of their constituents for playing time.

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Tuesday
Nov012011

The Origins of Hate Week, aka Oregon v Washington

The seeds of hatred, mutual distrust and envy between Oregon and Washington were sown in 1916.

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